Mary Magdalene

A Service of Silence & Beholding: an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist

Sunday, 24^th July, 8am at St. Mary’s Sullington

The readings & meditation, from the Song of Songs, 

the Psalms and Gospel of John, 

will lead us into our shared silence,

in the company of St. Mary Magdalene, the Apostle to the Apostles,

the woman who declares ‘I have seen the Lord’.  

All are welcome.

During August we will be resting, 

so there will be no Still Waters, Quiet Garden or Silence & Beholding. 

Peace be with you.

Brother Sun & Sister Moon

A Midsummer Service of Silence & Beholding

an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist

Sunday 26th June at 8am

St. Mary's Church, Sullington, West Sussex RH20 4AE

This months 'Service of Silence & Beholding' falls on the final day of the Flower and Craft Festival held every other year at St. Mary's Church and the Tithe Barn of Sullington Manor Farm. It is also midsummer, the solstice falling just a few days ago. In this beautiful setting, woven with the silence and our own personal meditation, will be readings from the celtic and mystic Saints and poets along with words of Jesus from sacred text, drawing us into a union beyond place and time. 

You are warmly invited to participate in this community of contemplative prayer, seeking the face of the Beloved in silence, meditation and the beauty of creation. 

Peace be with you.

deepening tides moving out, returning ...

A Service of Silence & Beholding

an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist 

Trinity Sunday 22nd May 

8am

St. Mary's Church, Sullington RH20 4AE

Then in these swelling and ebbing currents,

these deepening tides moving out, returning,

I will sing you as no one ever has ...

Rilke

Peace be with you

Active Silence

Still Waters: a time to enter silence, still the mind and encounter the present moment in quiet.

Saturday 7th May

St. Mary's Church, Sullington RH20 4AE

8am: 

join us for a time of 'sheer silence', either in the quiet of the church 

or outside against the backdrop of the South Downs.

9am: 

a led session until 10am with a short introduction on the contemplative tradition followed by about 25 minutes of companionable silence, concluding with shared reflections and prayer. 

All are welcome - at 8 or 9, or for the whole time. 

No booking required. 

It is by an attention full of love that we enable the Inner Light to blaze and illuminate our dwelling and to make our whole being a source from which this Light may shine out. 

Pierre Lacout  - Quaker Faith & Practice

Peace be with you.

Everything is Being & Presence ...

A Service of Silence & Beholding

an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist 

Sunday 24th April 2016

8am

St. Mary's Church, Sullington, RH20 4AE

Throughout my whole life, during every moment I have lived, 

the world has gradually been taking on light and fire for me,

until it has come to envelop me in one mass of luminosity, 

glowing from within ...

the divine radiating from the depths of matter a-flame.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Peace be with you

Encounter at Dawn

Encounter at Dawn
 c. Tessa Holland 2011

Easter week ... of wrestling with words - of wanting to be silent... preparing for Still Waters tomorrow morning up at St. Mary's Church 

The painting and the mystic saying more than I can speak ... 

O guiding night! 

O night more lovely than the dawn! 

O night that has united the Lover with his beloved, transforming the beloved

in her Lover.

The Dark Night

St. John of the Cross

Peace be with you. 

Slow Art & Quiet Garden at Wild Fortune

After what feels like a long winter, we are pleased to say that the repairs to the house roof are now complete and we are looking forward to being open as a Quiet Garden once again from April. We are also participating for the first time in Slow Art Day. 

Slow Art Day 2016: April 9th. 10am-12.30pm at Wild Fortune. Booking is essential. For further information see the Slow art Day page on this blog (see options to the right of this page). 

Quiet Garden mornings: Each morning begins at 10am and finishes by 12.30pm. 
Booking is essential. 
Dates: April 13th, May 11th, June 8th, July 13th

For availability of places and further details about Slow Art Day 2016 or the Quiet Garden mornings, please contact Tessa & Mark Holland - wildfortune@btinternet.com  

Peace be with you.